NAT MADY - HACKNEY HERBAL
My journey into the world of herbs started and was very much fuelled by joining a community garden close to my home in Hackney.
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JOURNAL
Representing creative individuals whose craft, skill and practices are all connected by a commitment to positive change.
- Mar 27
ALEXANDER THOMPSON BYER - GROWING IN THE WIND
I live on an island called North Uist in the outer Hebrides with my fiancé Susannah, my son Cedar and cat Coco.
- Feb 1
HAZEL BRYER - WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
Hazel Bryer is an illustrator and printmaker. She works mostly with linocuts, relishing the handmade process of cutting and inking up a...
- Feb 1
EMILY ANN HARRIS - WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
Emily Harris’s work is deep rooted in her childhood growing up on a family farm. Nature has always been the central subject of her work,...
- Feb 1
LAURA DIGGENS - WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
Laura ’s artistic practice is centred primarily on architecture, her background in landscape design and working with the seasons meant...
- Feb 1
ED DINGLI - WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
Introducing Ed Dingli as the first of our WBR23 campaign artists - Ed is an illustrator and designer whose work is driven by...
- Dec 16, 2022
SOIL & SEED - A PHOTO SERIES FROM MARIA BELL
The infamous quote from Albert Howard reflects a simple truth: “The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible.” Too...
- Nov 18, 2022
KITTEN GRAYSON - KITTEN GRAYSON FLOWERS
Flowers evoke a sense of wonder, keeping me connected to the seasons and what is going on in the world around me.
- Nov 4, 2022
KATHERINE PRESTON - WAYZGOOSE
We first met Katherine when she helped us source some fabric to use as tablecloths for one of our earliest events.
- Sep 16, 2022
VICKI BAKER -UNCUT STEMS
We were honoured to be part of Vicki's initial conversations with growers when she was setting up her British grown flower club during...
- Jul 20, 2022
GEORGE WEBBER - GREENSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL
I knew I was on the right track when a boy helping out in the garden with some broad beans said “Oh I get it now Miss, that one seed we put
- Jun 14, 2022
ALEX CHERRY - GROUNDSWELL AGRICULTURAL FESTIVAL
My father Paul and uncle John Cherry had been farming the land at Weston in North Hertfordshire for over three decades...
- Apr 29, 2022
LIV JAMES - DOWN FARM GROWERS COOPERATIVE
Liv first met Liv at university in the student journalism room of the SU. Despite taking different routes to get there, they've found...
- Apr 15, 2022
KIRSTY LEE - MORE OUTDOOR FRIENDS
Our world is becoming an increasingly mobile place; the distribution of life can feel abundant as we move across town, city and country.
- Mar 18, 2022
KATHE KACZMARZYK - FOUNDER OF SPECERIBUTIK
When I dreamed about what I would do when I got older, I never once imagined it would be owning and running a shop.
- Mar 5, 2022
IAN JAMES - WATER LANE
Water Lane is one of the projects that may never have come about if it hadn’t been for the first lockdown.
- Feb 18, 2022
WILL ROLPH - WHAT CAN TWO FIELDS REALLY CHANGE?
In 2013, a visit to Greece would change our lives. We just didn’t know it at the time.
- Feb 14, 2022
WHY BUY ROSES IN FEBRUARY?
This is not a simple question and there is not a simple answer, but with the environmental and ethical impacts of our demands for unseasonal
- Dec 20, 2021
CECILIA BYRNE - ENDLESS RHYTHM
Any cooking process which requires three ingredients or less has always attracted me. I have always liked the idea of doing more with less
- Nov 26, 2021
HOLLY LETCH - MAD ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY
In September I travelled to Copenhagen to attend the MAD Academy
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